Which of the following was the cause of the passage of the blaine amendments? congress refused to pass immigration reforms that would set quotas. congress was not thoroughly prohibiting states from funding religious schools. the supreme court mandated that an immigration quota system was unconstitutional. the supreme court mandated that states had to fund religious schools.

The correct answer to this question would be alternative B)"Congress was not thoroughly prohibiting states from funding religious schools."

The Blaine Amendment forbade direct government financial aid to educational institutions that had religious affiliations.

This idea came from a growing consensus among Protestants that public education must be free from sectarian or denominational control, and from nativist tendencies hostile to immigrants.